Recording an album live in a studio is one thing. People do it a lot these days. It’s cheaper, presumably, and easier and comes with the clout of being able to say you did it. Recording a new album on stage in front of an audience is something else entirely. I guess doing so technically makes Skepticism‘s forthcoming Ordeal a live album, but it doesn’t look like the Finnish funeral doomers will be releasing the material otherwise. It’s a pretty brazen move. You get one shot at it and that’s all. The show will take place Jan. 24 in Turku, Finland. Hope no one’s amp blows out.

Ordeal, the first Skepticism full-length since 2008’s Alloy, will be out next year through Svart Records and the band will also have a repress of their first 7″ from 1992 on hand for sale at the gig. The PR wire brings details and links:

Funeral doom masters SKEPTICISM present a new SVART album, to be recorded live

The legendary Skepticism are preparing to record their new album, Ordeal. Instead of usual working methods, the band has chosen a different approach. The recording will happen in front of a live audience on January 24th at Klubi in Turku, Finland, and the event will also be captured on film.

The concert is the first time any of the songs on Ordeal will be heard in public. According to Skepticism, the new songs are emotion-laden, crushing, and yet beautiful, more than ever before. Visitors to the historical recording event will also receive a repro of the band’s first 7” EP, originally released in 1992. This 7” will not be available to the public. Tickets for the concert can be purchased HERE.

Ordeal will be released in May 2015. The album will be available as a CD/DVD bundle and also as a LP/DVD set. The album will be released by the Finnish label Svart Records, known for their championing of the local metal underground and high-quality vinyl reissues.

Skepticism was formed in 1991. The band has been often stated as one of the pioneers and founding fathers of the funeral doom metal genre.Ordeal is their fifth full-length album.

MORE INFO
www.skepticism.fi
www.klubi.net
www.svartrecords.com/

Skepticism, “Stormcrowfleet” Live in Estonia, 2013